Unofficial FAQ Updated for Fedora Core 5!

Avatraxiom · #1 2nd May 2006, 10:56 PM

Hi! Hello! Good day! :-) The Unofficial Fedora FAQ has been updated for Fedora Core 5!

This was a HUGE update, which involved re-writing the instructions for almost every question!

But now we have working instructions for yum, nVidia cards, ATI cards, NTFS drives, and much, much more.

In addition, I added two totally new questions:

- How can I help out the Fedora Project?
and
- How do I play DVDs in Fedora?

As always, I really like your feedback! Feel free to send me your contributions!

-Max

imdeemvp · #2 3rd May 2006, 05:07 AM

About time.....

sej7278 · #3 3rd May 2006, 10:48 AM

i'd forgotten about fedorafaq, moved to using stanton-finley now.

Al3xanR0 · #4 3rd May 2006, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avatraxiom

Hi! Hello! Good day! :-) The Unofficial Fedora FAQ has been updated for Fedora Core 5!

This was a HUGE update, which involved re-writing the instructions for almost every question!

But now we have working instructions for yum, nVidia cards, ATI cards, NTFS drives, and much, much more.

In addition, I added two totally new questions:

- How can I help out the Fedora Project?
and
- How do I play DVDs in Fedora?

As always, I really like your feedback! Feel free to send me your contributions!

-Max

Two words --Rock On!!! SQU3333T!! Ok so its three words.

sailor · #5 3rd May 2006, 05:37 PM

WooHoo, thanks Max!

Tim Watson · #6 3rd May 2006, 07:58 PM

Dear Max,

Thanks for your continuing efforts in providing the Unofficial Fedora FAQ.

I notice that the official release notes for FC5 refer indirectly to http://www.city-fan.org/tips/JpackageJava as the approved method of installing proprietary Java. Is there any reason why you don't use jpackage?

All the best,

Tim.

Avatraxiom · #7 3rd May 2006, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Watson

Is there any reason why you don't use jpackage?

Hey Tim. I do use JPackage.

And everybody else: Thanks! :-) I'm glad the update's out, too. :-)

-Max

ezzetabi · #8 3rd May 2006, 10:36 PM

About NTFS do not forget to give a link to
http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/
the first (and only AFAIK) read and write driver for NTFS.
I saw it working (not in my system

) so it can be a good idea.

Avatraxiom · #9 4th May 2006, 02:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ezzetabi

About NTFS do not forget to give a link to
http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/
the first (and only AFAIK) read and write driver for NTFS.
I saw it working (not in my system

) so it can be a good idea.

I used to have a link to captive until somebody pointed out to me that it hasn't been maintained in a long time and pretty much entirely no longer works with any modern kernel. And it's likely to trash your FS, even if you did get it working in a modern kernel.

-Max

Tim Watson · #10 3rd May 2006, 10:34 PM

Dear Max,

Sorry, I see that you do - my eyesight isn't what it was! Might it be an idea to mention the alternatives command and to point out that installing the Java browser plugin is optional?

All the best,

Tim.

Avatraxiom · #11 4th May 2006, 02:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Watson

Sorry, I see that you do - my eyesight isn't what it was! Might it be an idea to mention the alternatives command and to point out that installing the Java browser plugin is optional?

Hey Tim. I think that step does mention that it's just enabling Java for the web browser. And I can't imagine any non-technical user who wouldn't want to do that. Most people who would want to disable it would realize just to not do that step, I think. :-)

As far as alternatives goes, I think it's a useful thing for technical users to know. But then, I don't really think "How do I switch back to GCJ" is particularly a FAQ, and people who want to know could probably find the answer pretty easily at various points on the Internet.

-Max

Tim Watson · #12 4th May 2006, 08:16 PM

Dear Max,

Thanks for explaining your reasoning. The unofficial FAQ is a great resource. Thanks for producing and maintaining it.

All the best,

Tim.

Avatraxiom · #13 5th May 2006, 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Watson

Thanks for explaining your reasoning. The unofficial FAQ is a great resource. Thanks for producing and maintaining it.

Hey Tim. You're welcome! :-)

I'm always happy to help.

-Max

Zyqwux · #14 7th May 2006, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avatraxiom

Hey Tim. You're welcome! :-)

I'm always happy to help.

-Max

I agree with Tim!

**Finalzone** · #15 3rd May 2006, 10:59 PM

From the FAQ How to install Java.

Quote:

# Make sure the "rpm-build" package is installed:

yum install rpm-build
# Move the JDK to the RPM Building "sources" directory:

mv Desktop/jdk-* /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/

A better alternative is to install fedora-rpmdevtools so you can build rpmbuild directory inside your home folder with this command

Code:

fedora-buildtree

. That saves the process to log as root. The FAQ should add that method.

Addendum:

- install fedora-rpmdevtools with this command

Code:

yum install fedora-rpmdevtools

- inside your home folder ($home), type the command fedora-buildtree to create a rpmbuild folder. It comes BUILD, SOURCES, SPEC, RPMS and SRPMS. so user will know where to put file in logical way.
- Download Sun's Java Software Development Kit Version 5.0 Update 6 inside $home/SOURCES
- Download JPackage Java 1.5.0.06 Source RPM inside $home/SRPMS
- Go to $home/SRPMS to rebuild Jpackage source rpm.
- Do

Code:

yum -y localinstall Java*.rpm